Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-11-16
HOME MATTERS.

IL is just what you want in the house
"My Comfort slipper. II. J. STRAUSS.
A ounce all wool shifting flannel
at CRUDE & Achtenhagen's for 20 cents per
yard, former Price 35 cents.
-Diphtherla is raging in Madison to
some extent, six or eight children having
died recently within radius of 400 feet
In the Third ward
There is great rush at Irachte q
Trayser's Cor the underwear that is selling
so cheap Every body can be suited, both
in quality and price.
Congressman Guenther, of the Sec
ond district, will build a handsome resi-
depce at Oshkosh next spring, Intending
to make that city his permanent home.
1t is Guy L. Cole, of Fort Atkinson,
and not Oscar Cole, SIS stated last week,
that has formed partnership with Mr..
Baum in the banking business at Amigo.
In the Lutheran General Council
held recently at Greenville, Pa, form
OF marriage ceremony was adopted that
had been in use during the sixteenth cen
fury.
John T. FIaviB, of this city; Rev. J.
Ellsworth, OF Milwaukee, and G. S. Par
ker, OF GAINESVILLE, have been appointed
by Gov Rusk visitors to the Whitewater
normal school.
The state board of pharmacy, at APP
pleton, Thursday, granted licentiate
certificate to O. G. Thomas, of Alderly,
and assistant certificates to t. Kunitz
and @. A. Goetsch, of this city.
Miss Harriet NJ Owen, executrix,
will sell at auction Friday, Nov. 25, at
Pipersville, Is acres of land, being part
of the farm of the late William z. Owen;
also live stock and farming implements.
Sale at Il clock in the forenoon.
1t would seem safe to warrant that
the ''(eller' man or boy, who takes the
wind out of legislator must be prepared
to stand the consequences and place him
self on the "stool of repentance" instead of
letting it slip out of his hands with a
rush.
The best assortment of domestic and
foreign underwear is to be had at Schiff-
Ter & Quentmeyer's. They are also agents
Be sure and look their line over. They
can suit you.
SCHIFFLER & QUENTMEYER,
Cor Main and Third SITS.
The Worlds Minstrels appeared at
Turner Hall Saturday evening to a good
house and agreeably surprised the audi
ence with performance of considerable
merit. Tire company is comparatively
new, though the famous Num- brothers
have played here before in connection
with. the Haverly troupe. The company
return soon when the good opinion formed
of them Saturday evening will call out a
larger audience.
The new WATERFOWL City Directory
which will be delivered to the subscribers
in a few days, contains over 1000 names.
Allowing three persons for each name,
which is the usual basis of calculation in
compiling directories, this would make
our enumeration fully 10000 people. In
the case of WATERFOWL, where there is q
larger percentage of children over most
of places, the rule of using the multiplier
8 ought to hold good with us and obtain
a correct estimate.
Lovers of music will be glad to hear
that Prof. Hawley, of Madison and Water
town, has been engaged as the musical
director of Zion church, and will begin
his work Sunday evening. The professor,
: who is known as one of the best vocal in
structors in the West, intends to devote
the first hour-beginning at 7:15-tc
vocal culture, after which he will take
up the music for the services of the fol
lowing day. The city is to be congratulated
OH such an accession to its musical
strength, and the advantages thus offered
to those DESTROYS of perfecting themselves
in singing-Oconom0aooc Free Press.
The following Jefferson county snake
story is published in The Sunday Sentinel:
Fort ATKINSON, Nov I2.-Consider-
able interest is manifested here in the
remarkable experience of A. |. Sherman
of this city, and a cousin, Charles Bart
lett of Milwaukee, while out hunting a
few days since on Lake Koshkonong.
They were rowing down the south edge
of the northeast bay, when both saw at
about fifteen rods off a huge snake-like
object swimming toward the center of the
lake 1t swan with the head raised
about two feet above water, and about ten
feet of the trunk, apparently eight inches
thick, was partly visible. The water was
calm and from the tremendous long wake
the animal appeared to be about thirty